Ernst Community theater  

Capacity & Style
 
Balcony 142 seats including 4 wheelchair spaces
Mezzanine 383 seats including 8 wheelchair spaces
Total Capacity 525 seats
   
Dimensions
 
Balcony 1,707 sq. ft.
   

Pricing
 
Application Fee $27.50
Non-Profit Organization  
Performance $105.00 per hour
Rehearsal $75.00 per hour
Technician Fee $40.00 per hour
For Profit Organization  
Performance $180.00 per hour
Rehearsal $110.00 per hour
Technician Fee $40.00 per hour

Food and/or beverages are not allowed in the Ernst Community Theater.  If you are planning to serve refreshments in your event, you must reserve the Lower Gallery.
 
   

Auditorium Capacity

Proscenium Opening: 16'-8" high x 38'-5" wide
Stage height above auditorium floor: 3'-6"
Front lip to back wall: 34'-0"
Front lip to plaster line: 11'-10"
Front lip to act curtain: 13'-6" approximate
Front lip to sky drop: 29'-8"
Plaster line to back wall: 22'-2"
Stage left wall to proscenium opening: 16'-0"x 20' high
Stage right wall to proscenium opening: 20'-6 x 25' high
Orchestra pit cover: 7'-10" x approximate 40" wide x 8'-6" deep

It requires approximately 20 man-hours to remove and reinstall the orchestra pit covers.  It is possible to remove any of the 9 standard units (7'-10" x 3'-6") individually.  When the pit covers are used as a floor for the orchestra, the pit floor is 7' below the stage.
 
 
Rigging
Fly tower: approximately 40' wide and 40' high with no grid
Act curtain: red velour, manual counterweight, can be flown from stage left or traveled from stage right

There are 12 single speed motorized line sets controlled from a panel stage left.  Batten distances upstage of the plaster line and their uses are as follows:

  • 3'-3" electric truss (tribatten), included lights, plug strip and a black border cloth hanging off the front edge to mask
  • 5"-2" empty batten
  • 6'-1" empty batten
  • 7'-6" movie screen, front or rear projection 15'-6"Hx20'-6"W
  • 8'-4" empty batten
  • 9'-2" black curtain
  • 11'-9" electric truss (tribatten), same as (1)
  • 14'-1" empty batten
  • 15'-4" empty batten
  • 16'-6" electric batten, plug strip and double hung strip lights
  • 17'-3" full stage black curtain on traveler stage left
  • 18'-2" blue sky drop, 40'W x 18"-8"

For wing masking, there are tracks on either side of the stage from the back wall to the back of the proscenium 4" offstage.  Each track has 4 black legs on rot drape fixtures that allow each leg to be moved up or down stage and rotated as needed for masking.  In addition, there are 3 sets of 25 oz black velour legs 12'W x 20'H, no fullness.  Two sets are normally hung as a midstage black curtain on pipe 6.
 
   

Lighting Equipment

Light board: located in the enclosed control room at the rear of the main floor of the auditorium.  It affords a good view of the stage
System: Colortran encore 24/48 with 24 control channels in a two-scene preset mode sub masters
Dimmers: Lee Colortran ENR dual 2.4K dimmer modules in 2-ENR 96 racks. The system is dimmer per circuit, 192 circuits, 15 of which are house lights.  There are 152 dimmers (76 modules) that can be shifted to power the needed circuits (8 are needed for house lights)

Lighting Fixtures

23
 6"x9" leko
Strand 2209
750 W
8
 6"x12" leko
Strand 2212
750 W
8
 6"x16" leko
Strand 2216
750 W
18
 15 to 40 degree zoom
Strand 2206
1000 W
8
 6" Fresnel
Strand 3380
750 W
10
 8" Fresnel
Strand 3480
1500 W
6
 14" Scoops
Strand 4271
1000 W
10
 Fisher mini-strip
Strand 5300
 
12
 3 ½"x 8"leko
Altman
500 W
6
 3 ½"x 10" leko
Altman
500 W
 
   

Sound

Control: The enclosed control booth is located at the rear of the main floor of the auditorium.
Systems: There is a Telex 4 channel headset system with 6 single ear headsets and 5 belt packs.  There are plugs stage left and right, in the pit, on the back wall of the auditorium, at the follow spot booths in the balcony, and various other locations.  There is a monitor system that can distribute sound on stage and announcements to the dressing rooms and a number of other locations.

There is a theater sound system designed to provide quality sound to the auditorium.  It consists of the following components:

  • RAMSA audio mixer WR8118 - 8 mike/line inputs, stereo out, 4 group output jacks
  • 2 JBL speaker clusters
  • 4 UBL power amps model 6230
  • 2 Shure SM 57 microphones
  • 3 Shure SM 58 microphones
  • 4 AKG 190 E microphones

Crossover, compressor, equalizer, patch panel, etc. together with mike inputs and speaker outputs are at several locations backstage and in the house.  A cassette tape deck is available for recording or playback and a CD player is available for playback as well.

Wireless Mics Frequencies

  • Lav-213.400 MHz
  • Lav-203.40 MHz
  • Handheld mic- 185.000 MHz
 
 

Dressing Rooms

Women's: 200 sq. ft. dressing area plus 2 sinks, 2 showers (1 handicapped), 1 toilet for handicapped, 26 lockers 1'x3' and 24' of make-up counter backed with lighted mirrors
Men's: same as above except only one shower and sink
Costume Room: contains heavy-duty washer and drier, and an ironing board and iron; there are no other costume supplies or equipment on site
   

Green Room

A 240 sq. ft. room normally furnished with chairs, tables, and an upright piano.
   

Scene Shop

This is a large room, off-stage right adjacent to the loading door that serves as a storage room for theater equipment and incoming shows.  There are no construction tools or supplies on site.
 
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